21-year-old Camilla Kerslake begins her small screen charge THIS Friday, October 30th, with her television appearance on GMTV in a filmed studio piece with Gary Barlow, which is immediately followed by a live performance in the GMTV studio on Monday (November 2nd).

Newly signed to Gary Barlow’s record label Future Records, Camilla is the voice of Waitrose’s Christmas TV ads, with her sublime version of “How Can I Keep From Singing”.

It’s one of the many standout tracks from her magical self-titled debut album, released November 23rd.

Other highlights include a breathtaking performance of “Rule The World” in Italian and immaculate version of “She Moved Through The Fair”, which is being championed by Terry Wogan on Radio 2.

In addition to this, Camilla has been inundated with TV performances and appearances in the weeks leading up to the release of her debut album including:

Children In Need, Alan Titchmarsh, The One Show, This Morning, BBC Breakfast and Singing For The Troops on Christmas Eve.

The story of Camilla Kerslake is one that dreams are made of. Only this summer she would incessantly drop off demos at a London studio for weeks on end. Inside Take That were recording and Camilla was determined to give Gary the demo tape she had saved up to record. Her persistence paid off and he eventually listened.

Camilla is a special guest for Il Divo’s two Christmas shows at Hammersmith Apollo, December 7th and 8th where she performs two duets with them as well as three solo performances.

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HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London 7th & 8th December, 2009

Accompanied By Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra

Il Divo will play a series of intimate shows Celebrate Christmas With Il Divo, which kicks off with two dates at Hammersmith Apollo (December 7th and 8th) and then travels to North America for six more dates.

The shows feature international violin virtuoso Vanessa-Mae and 21-year-old rising star Camilla Kerslake. They will join Il Divo onstage for two collaborations a-piece, as well as a few solo performances each.

This is a first-ever for Il Divo who have performed Christmas songs in front of The Queen and past U.S. Presidents, but never before a concert audience.

Tickets go on sale 9.30am Friday October 16, 2009
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Il Divo will perform songs in three languages (English, Spanish and Italian) from the group’s U.S. released album ‘The Christmas Collection’ and their recent No.1 album ‘The Promise’. As well as preparing several new Christmas songs they perform stunning renditions of “Silent Night”, “White Christmas”, “O Holy Night” and “Amazing Grace”.

Il Divo will complete their largest worldwide tour to date ‘An Evening with Il Divo’ in November; the massive trek has brought them to 81 cities and 32 countries. They kicked off at Manchester’s MEN Arena back in February, which was followed by 10 UK dates and featured two shows at London’s O2.

An Evening with Il Divo supported the group’s fifth album ‘The Promise’ which debuted at No.1 in nine countries, sold over 3million copies worldwide in just over 2 months, including 500,000 in the UK. A live album and DVD are being planned as a result of this tour.

Il Divo are: American tenor David Miller, popular French singer Sebastian Izambard, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marin.

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Celebrate Christmas with Il Divo

(Dates and information subject to change.)

December 2009 tour dates:

Mon 7th LONDON, HMV Hammersmith Apollo
Tue 8th LONDON, HMV Hammersmith Apollo

Fri 11th TORONTO, Roy Thomson Hall with Holly Cole and Anne Akiko Myers
Sat 12th NEW JERSEY, The Taj Majal with Holly Cole and Anne Akiko Myers
Sun 13th CONNECTICUT, Chevrolet Theatre with Holly Cole and Anne Akiko Myers
Tue 15th NEW YORK, The Beacon Theatre with Kristin Chenoweth and Vanessa-Mae
Wed 16th NEW YORK, The Beacon Theatre with Kristin Chenoweth and Vanessa-Mae
Thu 17th NEW YORK, The Beacon Theatre with Kristin Chenoweth and Vanessa-Mae

For Official Tour and Ticket Information, VIP Packages, Fan Club Memberships and more, go to:

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Good afternoon. What a week it’s been! What with Obama’s Presidential procession and the world-haltering Inauguration, oh, and the Brit Award Nominations.

Here’s a look at the week that has been.

MBC artists received 6 nominations for this year’s Brit Awards on Tuesday. Duffy picked up four nominations (British Female Solo, British Breakthrough Act, British Single and British Album), a feat only matched by Coldplay.

Will Young celebrated his 30th birthday on Tuesday in true style with a nomination for British Male Solo. Will has been in Iceland filming the video for his excellent new single “Let It Go”, released March 2nd.

After scoring his first-ever UK No. 1 last year, Neil Diamond will battle it out for the International Male Solo award at the Brits next month.

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MBC artists were also on hand to welcome Barack Obama into the White House on Tuesday. Elvis Costello, Rufus Wainwright and Il Divo all played in what was a musical feast of epic portions, spread over 10 Inaugural Balls.

Elvis Costello headlined at the Creative Coalition Inaugural Ball on Tuesday evening. While Rufus Wainwright performed with Cyndi Lauper at the Gay Inauguration Ball, and Il Divo played at the Purple Ball.

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Il Divo embark on their World Tour next month. Starting off at Manchester’s MEN Arena, Feb 21st, 2009, the world’s most successful operatic quartet will play 11 UK dates.

They will visit 30 European countries along the way, this will be followed by a 3 month North American tour, before heading to south America, Australia and Asia later in the year.

Il Divo’s new show will be staged and choreographed by William Baker (Kylie, Jamiroquai). The state of the art set also offers fans the chance to sit within the staging.

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Just Jack’s hot new single “Embers” has been picking up more airplay. Lily Allen played the track when stepping in for Zane Lowe on his Radio One show this week. “Embers” is set for release March 30th, with his stunning new LP ‘All Night Cinema’ to follow in April.

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‘Rachel Getting Married’ opens today. Robyn Hitchcock stars as a wedding guest in the film and also plays “Up To Our Nex”, a track written for the movie. The song also features on Robyn Hitchcock’s excellent LP ‘Goodnight Oslo’, out Feb 9th.

Robyn sets out on his UK tour in February, which includes an unmissable date at London’s Union Chapel (Feb 12th).

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Karima Francis wowed the crowd at London’s Barfly on Monday. Karima performed an intimate acoustic gig, which featured a must-be-heard stripped-down version of Kings Of Leon’s “Use Somebody” and “Again” from her debut album ‘The Author’.

Delta Spirit tore through an incredible set at Water Rats on Monday, finding enough time to swap instruments on the way. Their hook-laden single “Trashcan” was released on Monday too.

The Fray return on Monday with the release of their stunning new single “You Found Me”. The track has been playlisted on Radio One and is featured on hit show ‘Lost’.

They are playing a special sold out date at the Scala, Feb 10th. They will be announcing details of a UK tour very shortly, so stay tuned.

Chart Hat-Trick as Il Divo’s ‘The Promise’ Shoots to No. 1

The world’s most successful operatic quartet topped the UK album charts for the third time, completing a memorable hat-trick as captivating new album ‘The Promise’ beat off competition from Stereophonics and Girls Aloud to clinch the number 1 spot.

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It’s the latest in a long line of successes for Il Divo, whose previous albums ‘Il Divo’, ‘Ancora’ and ‘Siempre’ have sold over 22 million copies, scoring 36 no. 1 chart positions across 26 countries.

The number 1 caps an incredible week for Il Divo, who gave a scintillating performance at London’s St Luke’s Church on Tuesday night to be broadcast Friday December 12th, 2008 as part of Radio 2’s Friday music night series. In the past seven days the group have also appeared on GMTV, This Morning and Children In Need.

Staged and choreographed by William Baker (Kylie, Jamiroquai), Il Divo’s spectacular 2009 world tour begins at Manchester’s MEN Arena Saturday February 21, 2009, visiting 22 European cities (including 9 UK arena dates) followed by a 3 month North American tour before closing the year in Australia, Japan and South East Asia.

Il Divo – David Miller, Carlos Marín, Urs Buhler & Sébastien Izambard – have previously entertained 1.5m fans in 30 countries over the course of two sold-out world tours.

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Il Divo celebrated the release of their forthcoming album ‘The Promise’ in style last night (Oct. 30), performing to 500 guests and announcing their 2009 world tour at a global album launch in the breathtaking surroundings of Barcelona’s Museu Nacional D’Art De Catalunya.

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The Promise on amazon.com

Introduced by Syco label head Simon Cowell, the world’s most successful operatic quartet (over 22 million albums sold) dazzled the crowd with five classic songs from their captivating new album:

The Power of Love
Hallelujah
The Winner Takes It All
Amazing Grace
Adagio

Il Divo – David Miller, Carlos Marín, Urs Buhler & Sébastien Izambard – also announced exciting plans for their 2009 world tour.

Beginning in Manchester February 21st, the tour takes in 22 European cities (including 9 UK dates) and 19 North American cities, before heading to South America, Australia and Asia later in the year.

On sale dates will be announced shortly.

Cowell: “I’m really proud to be here tonight. Il Divo really are a phenomenon. When you first start working on something like this, you can only wish it will be as successful as Il Divo are – and here we are 22 million albums later. This new album has taken 2 years to make and is, in my opinion, the best so far.”

Since coming together in 2004, Il Divo have amassed 36 number 1 chart positions across 26 countries. The group have performed to over 1.5 million fans in 30 countries over the course of two sold out world tours.

‘The Promise’ is released November 10th, 2008 on Syco Music.

An Evening with Il Divo UK Tour Itinerary 2009:

(Tour dates and information subject to change.)

February
Sat 21st MANCHESTER
Tue 24th BIRMINGHAM
Fri 27th LONDON

March
Sun 1st CARDIFF
Wed 4th NOTTINGHAM
Thu 5th SHEFFIELD
Mon 9th BELFAST

April
Sun 12th NEWCASTLE
Mon 13th GLASGOW

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In 2004, four of the greatest voices in the world emerged to spearhead an entire musical genre by bringing the sound of opera to the world of popular music. Now as one of the most successful groups in the world with over 22 million albums sold, Il Divo is ready to re-emerge with a brand new album and massive touring plans.

On November 10th, 2008, Il Divo will release ‘The Promise’, the group’s fifth album (Syco). And today, Live Nation, the world’s largest live music company, announced that it has signed a global touring agreement with Il Divo who will be launching their worldwide tour in February 2009.

The deal also gives Live Nation exclusive rights to the group’s merchandise, tour sponsorships, fan club and VIP/travel packages.

“Il Divo have the best of both worlds; Simon Cowell, Syco and SonyBMG to continue producing their records and help guide their careers, and now Live Nation to handle their touring activities,” comments Peter Rudge, Il Divo’s manager from Octagon. “This new Live Nation deal was the result of great work from our team including our agents John Giddings from Solo and David Zedeck from CAA, with the support of our music partners at Syco and SonyBMG.”

For ‘The Promise’, Il Divo members David Miller, Sebastien Izambard, Urs Buhler and Carlos Marín reunited with acclaimed producer and long-time collaborator Steve MCutcheon aka Steve Mac (Kelly Clarkson, Leona Lewis, Westlife) who produced Il Divo’s #1 albums ‘Siempre’ and ‘Ancora’ plus their self-titled debut.

Sung primarily in Spanish, Italian and English, songs on ‘The Promise’ include “The Winner Takes It All”, “Hallelujah”, “Amazing Grace”, a Latin original entitled “La Promessa” and “The Power of Love,” which marks the first time songwriters Holly Johnson and Trevor Horn have allowed the song to be re-cut by any artist other than Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

“People might be surprised by this album,” suggests tenor David Miller. “Our goal was to approach it with fresh ears and fresh spirits, and try some different things. We’ve still got all the cannons and fireworks, but there is more range, different dynamics, more light and shade, more color. It’s a more complete album.”

A touring force of nature, Il Divo will announce their massive 2009 touring plans this fall.

Two sold out world tours have seen them performing to over 1.5 million people in thirty countries. They appeared at the opening and closing ceremonies of the FIFA 2006 World Cup singing the official theme song with Toni Braxton and they were special guests of Barbara Streisand on her 2006 tour of North America.

“IL DIVO have established themselves as one of the biggest global breakthrough artists of the last decade and has proven to be a powerful force in global touring with tremendous potential to expand their fan base,” said Live Nation Arthur Fogel, CEO, Global Touring and Chairman, Global Music for Live Nation. “We look forward to helping them reach their full potential over the next two years through our global distribution and marketing platform.”

Il Divo comprised of American tenor David Miller, popular French singer Sebastian Izambard, Swiss tenor Urs Buhler, and Spanish baritone Carlos Marin were initially brought together by pop impresario Simon Cowell in 2004, following an extensive worldwide audition process.

The virtuoso blending of operatic technique with romantic and popular song took the world by storm, with sales of over 22 million.

Their first three albums, ‘Il Divo’, ‘Ancora’ and ‘Siempre’, scored 39 #1 chart positions across the world. The group also released the platinum album ‘The Christmas Collection’ in 2005. Sales of their debut self-titled album smashed Led Zeppelin’s 25 year-old record of being the only band to achieve a number 1 album without a single release.

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The Promise (Deluxe Edition) on amazon.com

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